---
name: "Gralen Bryant Banks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gralen-bryant-banks"
fi1m_id: "gralen-bryant-banks"
imdb_id: "nm2505507"
tmdb_id: 557804
wikidata_id: "Q95467919"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 August 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-23T04:15:19.994898+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gralen Bryant Banks

## Identity

Gralen Bryant Banks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gralen-bryant-banks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gralen-bryant-banks
- **IMDb ID:** nm2505507
- **TMDB ID:** 557804
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95467919
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95467919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2505507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/557804

Actor. Born 17 August 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 August 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Gralen Banks , Graylen Banks
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 64 (1), 2020s 66 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 68 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, History 2, Horror 2, Thriller 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,116m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95467919, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2505507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/557804

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Nickel Boys*](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md) (85)
- **Netflix:** [*Hit Man*](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gralen Bryant Banks is an American actor. He was born on 17 August 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Banks has appeared in numerous films and television series. His credits include *Green Book* (2018), *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), *Oldboy* (2013), *Tall Girl* (2019), *Five Nights at Freddy's* (2023), *Haunted Mansion* (2023), *Hit Man* (2024), *Nickel Boys* (2024) as Blakeley, and *Sinners* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, nola.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Sinners* (2025), Fi1m 79, as Patterson — [page](https://film.one/film/sinners.md)
- *Hit Man* (2024), Fi1m 74, as Sargeant Hank — [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *Nickel Boys* (2024), Fi1m 85, as Blakeley — [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md)
- *Five Nights at Freddy's* (2023), Fi1m 42, as Pharmacist — [page](https://film.one/film/five-nights-at-freddys.md)
- *Haunted Mansion* (2023), Fi1m 51, as Drunk Man — [page](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md)
- *Green Book* (2018), Fi1m 64, as Horseshoe Man #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Charlie Harper* (2026), as Randy — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-harper.md)
- *Sinners* (2025), as Patterson — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/sinners.md)
- *Nickel Boys* (2024), as Blakeley — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/nickel-boys.md)
- *Brothers* (2024), as Dr. Jacobson
- *Hit Man* (2024), as Sargeant Hank — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/hit-man.md)
- *Five Nights at Freddy's* (2023), as Pharmacist — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/five-nights-at-freddys.md)
- *The Burial* (2023), as Walter Bell
- *Haunted Mansion* (2023), as Drunk Man — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/film/haunted-mansion.md)
- *Love Marry Kill* (2023), as Sully
- *My Southern Family Christmas* (2022), as Mayor Thomas
- *The Thing About Pam* (2022), series, as Plastic Surgeon
- *Shapeless* (2021), as Charles
- *Secrets of Sulphur Springs* (2021), series, as Officer Miller
- *Your Honor* (2020), series, as George Williams
- *Think Like a Dog* (2020), as Principal Harris
- *The Lovebirds* (2020), as Interrogation Room Detective #2
- *The Banker* (2020), as Deacon Jackson
- *Queen & Slim* (2019), as Older Black Man
- *Tall Girl* (2019), as Principal Preston
- *Green Book* (2018), as Horseshoe Man #1 — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Marvel's Cloak & Dagger* (2018), series, as Choo Choo Broussard
- *Benji* (2018), as Sam
- *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), as Barden University Dean
- *Impact Earth* (2015), as General Bristol
- *Oldboy* (2013), as Captain Lionel
- *The Starving Games* (2013), as Nick Fury
- *Paradise* (2013), as Janitor
- *American Horror House* (2012), as Detective Reginald Hammond
- *Arachnoquake* (2012), as Major Crandle
- *Killer Joe* (2012), as Pizza Patron
- *The Philly Kid* (2012), as Landlord (uncredited)
- *Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown* (2011), as Frankie
- *Untitled A24 Horror Film*, as Tour Guide #1

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